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There are many types of reports. A report is simply an account of something that has happened. The
commonest are news reports. We get them in themselves, over radio and on television. Sometimes cinemas
also show us newsreels. The main purpose of a newspaper is to provide news. If you examine a newspaper
closely, you will find that there are all types of news: accidents, floods, fires, wars, fashions (服装), sports,
books, etc. The news covers everything that happens to people and their surroundings. Sometimes there are
news items which are very amusing.
A news report is usually very short, except when it is about something very important, but it contains (包
含) a lot of information. It is also written in short paragraphs, the first paragraph is in fact a summary (总结)
of the news item. It gives all the necessary information, what, when, where, how and why. The other
paragraphs give full details of the subjects. There may also be interviews with people. The words actually
spoken by them are within inverted commas (引号). Often there are photographs to go with the news to make
it more interesting.
1. The easiest way to get today's news is _______.
A. to go to the cinema
B. to watch a color TV
C. to read today's newspaper
D. to listen to the music over radio
2. Newspaper sell well mainly because_______.
A. they cost very little
B. they are easy to get
C. they have got pictures to go with the news
D. they provide all sorts of news in them
3. If you want to get enough information about yesterday's traffic accident within a very short time,
you'd better ______.
A. read the first paragraph of the news report in today's newspaper
B. start from the second paragraph of the news report in today's newspaper
C. look through the whole news report in today's newspaper
D. talk with people who have seen the accident
4. To interest more people, a news reporter ______.
A. usually produces amusing news
B. always writes very short news reports
C. often prints pictures to go with the news
D. sometimes provides long and important news
5. This passage mainly talks about ______.
A. different types of reports
B. news reports
C. happenings to people and their surroundings
D. the length of a news report